Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted by PowerSurge
^^^^haha on the filter in a bag. I once went to Walmart to buy a filter years ago. I opened the box before I checked out and someone had placed a SuperTech filter in the mobil1 filter box. Obviously they put the Mobil1 filter in the SuperTech box and paid the SuperTech price.
Walmart policy has changed around here. For the past 2-3 years, the cashier always opens the filter box, to match the outer name & number with the inner name & number. So repackaging the cheap filter with an expensive one, doesn't fly anymore here.
Better off to use a quality filter, than to get back under the vehicle to change the filter at the halfway point of the OCI.
Originally Posted by JHZR2
Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted by PowerSurge
^^^^haha on the filter in a bag. I once went to Walmart to buy a filter years ago. I opened the box before I checked out and someone had placed a SuperTech filter in the mobil1 filter box. Obviously they put the Mobil1 filter in the SuperTech box and paid the SuperTech price.
Walmart policy has changed around here. For the past 2-3 years, the cashier always opens the filter box, to match the outer name & number with the inner name & number. So repackaging the cheap filter with an expensive one, doesn't fly anymore here.
Better off to use a quality filter, than to get back under the vehicle to change the filter at the halfway point of the OCI.
How exactly does that work when more and more checkouts are of the DIY variety?
at my local walmart they have stepped up their security cameras, mounting several more in oil/filter area and also mounting small cameras directly in the center of aisles at head height by headlights etc.
so I imagine they are trying to catch people swapping filters before even making it to the checkouts.
I'm sure they viewed some footage of me opening boxes and looking at the filters, I always visually check the filter before I buy it for other reasons, I just give it a quick look to look for any defect, missing o-ring etc before i put it in my cart.